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Hands-On G Suite for Administrators

By : Cesar Anton Dorantes
Book Image

Hands-On G Suite for Administrators

By: Cesar Anton Dorantes

Overview of this book

Hands-On G Suite for Administrators is a comprehensive hands-on guide to G Suite Administration that will prepare you with all you need to know to become a certified G Suite Administrator, ready to handle all the business scales, from a small office to a large enterprise. You will start by learning the main features, tools, and services from G Suite for Business and then, you will explore all it has to offer and the best practices, so you can make the most out of it. We will explore G Suite tools in depth so you and your team get everything you need -combination of tools, settings and practices- to succeed in an intuitive, safe and collaborative way. While learning G Suite tools you will also learn how to use Google Sites and App Maker, to create from your corporate site to internal tools, live reports that seamlessly integrate with live documents, and advanced Google Services. Finally, you will learn how to set up, analyze and enforce Security, Privacy for your business and how to efficiently troubleshoot a wide variety of issues.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: G Suite for Business
6
Section 2: G Suite with Google Domains
10
Section 3: Security, Privacy, and Troubleshooting
12
Section 4: Apps and Sites

Password management

Having a strong password is essential to keep an account safe; even the strongest encryption can't offer much protection if the key is easy to figure out.

As a G Suite administrator, you can enforce requirements for all passwords within the organization. This helps set a minimum security strength that's required for all accounts.

To set up password requirements, follow these steps:

  1. Having a strong security protocol is not effective if the password strength is weak and therefore easy to guess. You can be sure all user's passwords are inline with current best practices by enabling the Enforce strong password checkbox:


  1. By defining a Password length, you can be sure that user's passwords are not too short, but keep in mind that passwords below eight characters are not recommended:
  1. To avoid existing users from keeping a low security password...